Christmas decoration, christmas card by Carrie and calendar magnets by Nita...

I was wondering if the length of the title would give out before I would!

This is a cool christmas creation from Carrie! Using Solemn Stillness, and the greeting from Season of Joy. I believe the brayer and some embossing was involved also!

A christmas decoration I finally worked out how to make! Sooo simple, but so painful when I was working it out!!

Remember that calendar magnet thingy that you saw a post or two back? Nita came round on Thursday to craft class and made not one, but three!

I've been asked about kits for these, and am happy to make some up. Email me if you are interested.

On to other news, my little brother (not so little now at 18!) Kristian is staying with me for awhile. He has invaded the craft room, which is good as it has forced me to tidy it up which has inspired my creativity. It is going to be an adjustment all round, but I am SO excited that he has come to spend some much needed time with us.

More updates will be in my newsletter, which will go out this weekend.

Chipboard Calendar Magnet

I received these adorable calendars in the mail today (all 50 of them!) and finally got my craft mojo back! I wanted to sit down immediately and create this cute chipboard calendar magnet. I used a scrap of DSP, some red striped grosgrain, a stamp from Time Well Spent, rose red and old olive markers and a flower and centre from the die cut blossoms in the mini catty. I attached magnets to the back (I bought in bulk off ebay) and voila!

I will be making many of these for gifts of appreciation and celebration over the festive season, what a cute way to say 'I am thinking of you', or 'thanks'. I will have many more to show you I am sure, so stay tuned!

Another project from Nita

I had some crafty friends round yesterday for our Thursday stamping session.

Nita made this gorgeous canvas for her dad for his birthday. I feel okay announcing that, the chances that he would visit my blog are little to none!!

I only managed to snap one pic before she left, so no close ups.

I can tell you that the canvas involved alot of blue and gold paint!! Also some rub-ons and chipboard which we painted with gold paint.

Welcome baby Lane!

(Lauri, if you are on the net tonight - DON'T LOOK!!)

A friend of mine recently had a baby boy and I am finally going to see him tomorrow for cuddles!

Of course, I had to add my own 'crafty touch' to the gift, and I had such fun making toppers for the cutest little clothes and have blue paint pretty much everywhere lol

Included is a teddy bear picture frame, some bodysuits, a cup, some pumpkin preventers and a memory tin.

I used the Crew Kids simply Scrapping Kit for boys to embellish the tin (and a scallop that was cut from nestabilities, but Sshh!) and the milestone cards. The tin is an empty accents and elements tin, just the right size!

Whilst I wittled the day away making this, I also had my crafty friend Nita over, and here is her latest creation. I couldn't decide which picture was better, so here are both!

It is actually a box, but I didn't think to take a photo of it that way until after she took it home! The box is painted, and the top is embellished as pictured. The butterflies are made by stamping the images and then covering them in a thick layer of crystal effects to make them more 3D. The top butterfly is hiding an 'A' - we fixed that after the pic.

My new craft room got a workout today. If you are on the Gold Coast, or visiting, drop me a line and come by and join in the fun!

Greetings from Camper Cass!

Following the camping saga I am now home again!

I am so glad to have the camera back, I made this jar last night and couldn't even show you alL! Usually when I have made something I photograph it and post it straight away. I know I should sometimes hold things back for a rainy day, but I just can't resist sharing with you all.

I am forever picking up bits and pieces that I think would be perfect for a project, and seldom use them, so my goal is to make something a week from my odds box (okay, I have 4 odds boxes!)

First up is this ribbon jar. It is so pretty I will probably never use any of the ribbons in it, I'll just stare at it longingly from my desk lol I plan to make one for each colour 'group', this first jar is for the pinks and whites (the girly colours!)

Materials:

Glass Jar

Berry Bliss DSP

Choc Chip cardstock

Purely Pomegranate double stitched ribbon

Purely Pomegranate Ink

Wide Very Vanilla Grosgrain

On Board Lots of Letters chipboard

And the BLING! - pink rhinestone brad from the fire collection

Desk Clock

I am having so much fun stamping with my girlfriends today!

Here is a desk clock I have just finished putting together. No photo in it, as it is for the market stall.

I am LOVING the Brocade papers, and at only $11.95 for 12 DOUBLE-SIDED sheets, they are an absolute bargain!

I also used some of our new rub ons (divine!), some whisper white cardstock, old olive cardstock and ink, and the letters are from a cuttlebug die.

Birthday Books

For the first time in ages I have made something I totally love!

I didn't reinvent the wheel, the concept of a perpetual birthday book is not mine alone, but I did come up with these particular ones.

Photo L-R: back cover, front cover feminine, front cover masculine, sample inside page (conveniently opened on my birthday month!)

These will be added to my market stock, but I am absolutely stumped as to what to charge. Any thoughts?

Post it note thingies (can you come up with a better name?!?)

Can you tell my kids are at school today lol

More market stock...

These are made using acrylic frames, so are reusable, and very practical for the scatterbrains amongst us (maybe I should be keeping one for myself...). They also make a great gift for teachers, and those-hard-to-buy-for friends and rellies.

Tea Bag cards

These are perfect to send to a friend or family member when you just can't be there for a cuppa and a chat...

Gift Boxes and some exciting news!

I saw a video tutorial for these origami boxes and just HAD to make them! My first attempt was disastrous, so I grabbed the DSP and sat down in front of the tutorial and did it as she did. The results were MUCH better lol

Also, some very exciting news.........

Mum is leaving the hospital today!!!!!!!!

She will have to remain in Brisbane for a week or two for tests etc, but if all goes well she will be home by the end of the month.

After 6 weeks in hospital, it is such a relief for everyone, most of all mum of course :)

Paperclip Magnets

You know those giant paperclips? Well, take those, some chipboard, some stamps and a magnet, and you get these -

Cute! I have made a heap as we are getting ready to do a market stall. Look out for more market items over the coming weeks...

Friendship Seeds

How cute is this!!

I was cleaning up my favourites links and came across these seed packets which I had seen in my blog surfing at some point.

I thought they were so cute I had to try them immediately!

Sorry the colours haven't come up too good, unless it is my dodgy monitor - I never can tell.

All in the family magnets

I am still loving magnets! I made these ones with the 'All in the Family' set that was available in November, and will be available again in the new catty when it is released in April. How cute to be able to have all the members of the family represented on the fridge!

Magnets

I can't remember where I first saw this idea (though you can find examples in lots of places), but I loved it and have been meaning to try it for ages. I am planning to do another market in the not-too-distant future, and thought these would make a cute addition to the table, sold in sets of 4.

The flash obviously doesn't do the picture any good, but hopefully you can still see them clearly enough.

They are so quick, and quite addictive to make. I am trying to hunt up some bigger clear nuggets, if anyone sees any, let me know!

For the christmas table

I found these little tins in the corner of my local 'supermarket' the other day. They were labelled as coffee jars and were $2 each. Immediately I saw potential, so I bought a few. The lady at the register asked me what I was going to do with them and I told her I was going to alter them for gifts. She thought it was a great idea, and so did I!




I am going to use them as place settings/gifts for the adults on the big day. I have covered the outside with Holiday Thyme paper (no longer available - glad I bought up big!) and stuck it down with JAC paper (double sided sticky paper). I could have used sticky strip, but wanted something that would cover the whole surface. I then used some olive organdy and cream grosgrain to embellish.

Inside are some little bags of pot pourri that I picked up for $2 each as well. I thought they matched the SU! colours pretty well!

O Christmas Tree!

Something I knocked up tonight...

A good way to use up the scraps of last year's christmas kit :)

I have left spaces for photos as this is one of the items I have for sale.

I forgot to add - this is one of the Kaiser hanging albums that you can buy to alter yourself.

I LOVE scrapping/stamping onto anything that isn't actually a page lol

It's a party...yeah! At our house...*

Today dawns the day of the 5th birthday party.

I ran out of time to make the invitations, however I snuck in some stamping time last night to make the lolly bags. So easy, and I think they are cute!

*Hi-5 fans will know what I'm on about!

A photo frame

I love OTP projects, I just finished this one this morning. It will be one of the items for sale at the Mum's shopping night Lesley and I will be vendors at.

It is a little hard to see, but there is a stamp down the LHS that says 'Cherish' and there is one in the top RH corner that says 'it is the little things that make life big'

A notebook

I love little notebooks!

I got some from the junk shop and covered them to make them purty.

Make a nice little gift, this one will be on its way to a friend of mine in Vic.

Pocket/gift pouch

These are so easy to make it is almost embarassing!

DP works great for these, but you can also use cardstock.

Dad's treasure box

With father's day coming up, I thought I'd put together a couple of dad type things.

Here is a box I have covered. The idea would be that the kids could put some little treasures in there for dad. Kim, this is coming your way for the craft stall.